Put the verbs from the list into the story in the past simple, past perfect, or past continous. 1) compete, 2) wait, 3) notice, 4) begin, 5) win, 6) beat, 7) say, 8) last, 9) take,10) take, 11) give, 12) discover. in the seoul olympics in 1988, the canadian runner ben johnson was running in the 100 metres final. people called it the race of the century because johnson 1 against his greatest rival - the american sprinter, carl lewis. when the runners 2 to starts the race, some people 3 that johnson's eyes were yellow. the race 4 and moments later johnson was the olympic champion. his time of 9.72 seconds was a new world record. johnson was euphoric, because he 5 the gold medal and 6 his american rival, carl lewis. after the race. johnson 7 : "my name is benjamin sinclair johnson jnr and this world record will last 50 years, maybe 100 years". but he was wrong. his world record 8 only a few hours. that evening, drug tests showed that johnson 9 steroids before the race. the olympic committe 10 away his gold medal and 11 it to carl lewis. johnson was also banned from athletic for two years. but fifteen years later people 12 some amazing news about carl